High School

Gainesville Area Rowing’s High School Rowing program teaches physical fitness, nutrition, and psychological skills that lead rowers to heightened mental and physical self-awareness. GAR Alumni have gone on to compete at many universities including Boston College, Boston University, Emory University, Georgia Tech, Northeastern University, University of Central Florida, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rhode Island, University of Virginia, University of Texas, The United States Naval Academy, Rollins College, Rutgers University, Williams College and Yale University.

The first fall season practice for returning rowers will be on Monday, August 15th. The first practice for all new rowers will be on Monday, August 29th.

Rowers will practice Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday afternoons, and Saturday mornings. Afternoon practice times are 3:30-6:00 pm. Saturday morning practices are from 7:30-10:30 am. All of our rowing practices will be held at the GAR boathouse on Newnans Lake unless otherwise noted on the Youth Calendar. For directions to the GAR boathouse, click on the directions link at the bottom of the website.

Interested? You are invited to start at any point during the season. No experience is necessary. Every new rower gets two free weeks to try it! After that point the dues are $135 per month which includes coaches fees, equipment, food at regattas, boat transport to regattas, and race entry fees. We have 1 fall regatta (Head of the Hooch) and 2 spring regattas (States & Regionals) that cost extra. These are due to a hotel stay.